This Semi-Enclosed Electric Trike Could Make Commuting A Lot More Fun

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This Semi-Enclosed Electric Trike Could Make Commuting A Lot More Fun CleanTechnica

This electric trike is small enough to fit in bike lanes and bike paths, has an enclosure that offers some protection from the weather, and includes a variety of car-like features such as headlights and tail lights, turn signals, mirrors, and even a roll bar and a windshield with a power wiper. The Veemo looks like a Velomobile, or a pod bike, or a semi-recumbent electric Tricycle, but no matter how it’s described, it could help make commuting (and getting the groceries) lower carbon — and a lot more fun.

The electric mobility sector is looking pretty diverse right now, with options for zero-emission transportation available in all sorts of form factors, from electric skateboards and scooters to e-bikes and e-motorcycles to electric trikes and quadracycles to microcars and low-speed electric vehicles. And that’s not even counting full-sized electric cars and trucks, so we’re now at a place where there is an electric transportation option available for just about every budget.

If you’ve got the money to invest in something a little more pricey than a standard e-bike, and you’re in the market for a zero emission commuter vehicle that combines the health benefits of cycling with the convenience of an enclosure that keeps out (most) of the elements, perhaps you’d enjoy an electric velomobile like the Veemo.

ENVO Drive Systems, which builds e-mobility solutions that range from e-bikes to electric snow machines to e-ATVs, has just announced that the Veemo, which is based on the acquired work of another Canadian e-mobility company that went bankrupt, will be shipping to customers in mid-May.

Kyle took a trip to Vancouver last year to see what ENVO has been working on, and at that point, the Veemo was still not ready for primetime, but he did get to drive some “early frankensteined prototypes.” His impression was that “They rode extremely well and with...

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